EduSahara™ Assignment
Name : Distance Formula
Chapter : Distance and Section Formulae
Grade : ICSE Grade X
License : Non Commercial Use
Question 1
1.
    • Find the distance between the points
    • (
      4
      ,
      (
      4
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      (
      5
      )
      ,
      (
      8
      )
      )
  • (i)



    97
  • (ii)



    95
  • (iii)
    4


    97
  • (iv)
    97
  • (v)



    99
Question 2
2.
    • Find the perimeter of the triangle formed by the points
    • (
      3
      ,
      1
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      4
      )
      ,
      (
      4
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      7
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
  • (i)
    (



    74
    +



    132
    +
    2



    5
    )
  • (ii)
    (



    74
    +



    130
    +
    10
    )
  • (iii)
    (



    74
    +



    130
    +
    2
    4


    5
    )
  • (iv)
    (



    74
    +



    130
    +
    2



    5
    )
  • (v)
    (



    74
    +



    127
    +
    2



    5
    )
Question 3
3.
    • Find the lengths of the sides of the triangle formed by the points
    • (
      (
      4
      )
      ,
      (
      8
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      7
      )
      ,
      (
      2
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      1
      ,
      3
      )
  • (i)
      • 3



        5
      • ,



      • 89
      • ,



      • 149
  • (ii)
      • 3
        4


        5
      • ,



      • 89
      • ,



      • 146
  • (iii)
      • 3



        5
      • ,
      • 89
      • ,



      • 146
  • (iv)
      • 3



        5
      • ,



      • 89
      • ,



      • 146
Question 4
4.
Distance of the point (5,7) from x-axis is
  • (i)
    5
  • (ii)
    2
  • (iii)
    (
    2
    )
  • (iv)
    12
  • (v)
    7
Question 5
5.
Distance of the given point from x-axis is
  • (i)
    2
  • (ii)
    8
  • (iii)
    3
  • (iv)
    15
  • (v)
    5
Question 6
6.
Distance of the given point from y-axis is
  • (i)
    9
  • (ii)
    14
  • (iii)
    -5
  • (iv)
    2
  • (v)
    7
Question 7
7.
A point lies on positive side of x-axis at a distance of 1 units from y-axis. What are the coordinates of the point?
  • (i)
    (
    (
    1
    )
    ,
    0
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    1
    )
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    0
    ,
    1
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    1
    ,
    0
    )
Question 8
8.
A point lies on negative side of x-axis at a distance of 8 units from y-axis. What are the coordinates of the point?
  • (i)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    8
    )
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    8
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    (
    8
    )
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    0
    ,
    8
    )
Question 9
9.
A point lies on positive side of y-axis at a distance of 7 units from x-axis. What are the coordinates of the point?
  • (i)
    (
    0
    ,
    7
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    (
    7
    )
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    7
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    7
    )
    )
Question 10
10.
A point lies on negative side of y-axis at a distance of 7 units from x-axis. What are the coordinates of the point?
  • (i)
    (
    (
    7
    )
    ,
    0
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    7
    )
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    0
    ,
    7
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    7
    ,
    0
    )
Question 11
11.
    • Find the distance of the point
    • (
      6
      ,
      0
      )
    • from origin
  • (i)
    3
  • (ii)
    6
  • (iii)
    5
  • (iv)
    7
  • (v)
    9
Question 12
12.
    • A is a point on x-axis with abscissa
    • (-2)
    • and B is a point on y-axis
    • with ordinate
    • 5
    • .
    • Find the distance between A and B
  • (i)



    27
  • (ii)



    31
  • (iii)
    4


    29
  • (iv)
    29
  • (v)



    29
Question 13
13.
    • KM is the straight line of length
    • 2



      61
    • units.
    • If K has the coordinates
    • (
      2
      ,
      (
      8
      )
      )
    • and M has coordinates
    • (k,4)
    • ,
    • find the possible values of k
  • (i)
    (
    12
    ,
    (
    8
    )
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    13
    ,
    (
    9
    )
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    11
    ,
    (
    7
    )
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    14
    ,
    (
    6
    )
    )
  • (v)
    (
    10
    ,
    (
    10
    )
    )
Question 14
14.
    • Find the point on x-axis which is equidistant
    • from the points
    • (
      (
      6
      )
      ,
      (
      2
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      2
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
  • (i)
    (
    (
    19

    16
    )
    ,
    (
    1
    )
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    (
    3

    16
    )
    ,
    2
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    (
    35

    16
    )
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    (
    67

    16
    )
    ,
    (
    2
    )
    )
  • (v)
    (
    (
    51

    16
    )
    ,
    1
    )
Question 15
15.
    • Find the point on y-axis which is equidistant
    • from the points
    • (
      2
      ,
      1
      )
    • and
    • (
      (
      2
      )
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
  • (i)
    (
    (
    2
    )
    ,
    (
    2
    )
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    1
    ,
    (
    1
    )
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    (
    1
    )
    ,
    1
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    0
    ,
    0
    )
  • (v)
    (
    2
    ,
    2
    )
Question 16
16.
    • Find the points on x-axis,
    • which are at a distance of
    • 4
    • units
    • from the point
    • (
      (
      2
      )
      ,
      0
      )
  • (i)
    • (
      3
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      6
      )
      ,
      0
      )
  • (ii)
    • (
      2
      ,
      0
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      6
      )
      ,
      0
      )
  • (iii)
    • (
      2
      ,
      0
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      7
      )
      ,
      1
      )
  • (iv)
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      2
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      6
      )
      ,
      0
      )
  • (v)
    • (
      4
      ,
      2
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      6
      )
      ,
      0
      )
Question 17
17.
    • Find the points on y-axis,
    • which are at a distance of
    • 2
    • units
    • from the point
    • (
      1
      ,
      (
      2
      )
      )
  • (i)
    • (
      (
      2
      )
      ,
      (
      4
      +



      3
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      2



      3
      )
      )
  • (ii)
    • (
      1
      ,
      (
      3
      +



      3
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      2



      3
      )
      )
  • (iii)
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      2
      +



      3
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      1
      )
      ,
      (
      1



      3
      )
      )
  • (iv)
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      2
      +



      3
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      2



      3
      )
      )
  • (v)
    • (
      2
      ,



      3
      )
    • ,
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      2



      3
      )
      )
Question 18
18.
    • Find the lengths of the medians of a triangle whose vertices are
    • (
      (
      1
      )
      ,
      1
      )
    • ,
    • (
      0
      ,
      5
      )
    • and
    • (
      1
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
  • (i)
      • 1

        2



        37
      • ,



      • 2
      • ,
      • 1

        2



        17
  • (ii)
      • 1

        2



        17
      • ,
      • 1

        2



        37
      • ,
      • 1

        2



        37
  • (iii)
      • 1

        2



        13
      • ,
      • 5
      • ,
      • 1

        2



        73
Question 19
19.
    • If point P
    • (
      56

      5
      ,
      6
      )
    • is equidistant from the points
    • (a,-3)
    • and
    • (
      1
      ,
      8
      )
    • , find a
  • (i)
    6
  • (ii)
    5
  • (iii)
    7
  • (iv)
    9
  • (v)
    3
Question 20
20.
    • If point P
    • (x,3)
    • is equidistant from the points
    • (
      2
      ,
      8
      )
    • and
    • (
      (
      1
      )
      ,
      5
      )
    • , find x
  • (i)
    1
  • (ii)
    3
  • (iii)
    4
  • (iv)
    5
  • (v)
    6
Question 21
21.
    • Find the relation between x and y such that the point P
    • (
      x
      ,
      y
      )
    • is equidistant from points
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      7
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      2
      ,
      1
      )
  • (i)
    (
    4
    y
    +
    11
    )
    =
    0
  • (ii)
    14
    x
    =
    0
  • (iii)
    (
    x
    +
    4
    y
    +
    11
    )
    =
    0
  • (iv)
    11
    x
    =
    0
  • (v)
    (
    x
    +
    7
    y
    +
    11
    )
    =
    0
    Assignment Key

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